People who were seen without masks were barricaded and the police booked the violators under section 179 - wilfully disobeys the direction under Motor Vehicles Act.
Chennai Corporation Commissioner Prakash said that the civic body has been pacing up the testing and locating the symptomatic people and carriers at the early stage during the complete lockdown.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India has tested 99,69,662 samples so far including 1,80,596 samples that were tested on Sunday.
Chennai Corporation Commissioner G Prakash said that the civic body has been co-ordinating with the Chennai police to trace and locate 227 COVID-19 affected people.
Arjunan (58) has been getting treated at the Government ESI hospital in Coimbatore. He underwent testing two days back and his result came back positive on Sunday.
The state has reported 2,214 fresh discharges which have taken the total discharge tally to 60,592 so far - highest than the COVID-19 active cases in the state.
By announcing fewer relaxations in Chennai, the government has extended the complete lockdown in Madurai till July 12 owing to the sharpest rise in COVID-19 cases in the southern district.
According to the state's health department, Madurai's tally stood at 269 on May 31st and in the span of one month, the district has added 3,155 cases to its count with an average of 105 cases each day.
Shankar Kurade seems to be in ecstasy on gold as he himself has divulged that he is not sure whether this golden mask will be effective against COVID-19.
The Siddha COVID-19 care center is located in Saligramam in Chennai and the center has reported the discharge of 569 patients including a 90-year-old nonagenarian who received treatments under Siddha.
